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Open Innovation: Develop or seek innovative solutions for your company
Linking Challenges to Solutions
Expand your core business and accelerate innovation at your company
Open Innovation is an initiative of the Savoya Program designed to promote innovation and competitiveness in companies through challenges, calls for collaboration, pre-competitive consortia, and other collaborative arrangements.
In this environment of increasingly rapid change, the Santo André Technology Park works to bring together government, industry, scientific and technological institutions (ICTs), companies, and startups to enhance competitiveness in the market.
Here, open innovation happens through collaboration
Here's how it works
Connecting with Partners
The Santo André Technology Park mobilizes its network of companies, startups, ICTs, institutions, experts, and strategic partners to address the challenges at hand.
Collaborative development
Solutions can be advanced through calls for collaboration, challenges, technology chains, pre-competitive consortia, demonstrators, innovation centers, living labs, and other innovation arrangements.
Professional Listening Services for Your Company
The Savoya Program helps companies identify innovation challenges through a structured analysis of their business, linking internal issues, market opportunities, and technological possibilities.
In practice, the process involves helping to identify the main pain points, prioritizing the problems, and translating those pain points into a clear innovation challenge.
Support for the implementation of open innovation processes in companies
From identifying opportunities to drafting the call for proposals, support includes:
• promotion through the partner network;
• customization of the online selection process;
• aligning implementation expectations with the technology’s maturity;
• support for partnership modeling;
• funding support for the implementation of solutions and proofs of concept.
Our impact in promoting open innovation:
48
Participating companies
38
Published Challenges
72
Organizations Responding
32
Responses to Challenges
R$ 30,000,000
Funds Transacted
Challenges of Open Innovation
Check out the challenges organized by the Santo André Technology Park in recent years:
Open Innovation Insider Program
Development of process technologies, alternative finishes, new materials, and textile technologies.
GM Challenge - Noise Cancellation
How can technological innovation using artificial intelligence eliminate the need for ear protection?
AI and Computer Vision in Automotive Parts Inspection
Use of AI and computer vision to identify defects and deviations in machined parts in real time.
Cofip Challenge - Smart and More Sustainable Chemical Processes
Challenges related to connectivity, digital transformation, and energy, as well as applications in operations and internal logistics in the petrochemical industry.
Insider Challenge - Essential, Sustainable, and Functional Clothing
Development of new textile technologies in materials, raw materials, and finishing.
GM Challenge - Process Digitization and Intralogistics Optimized by IoT and Mobile Apps
Co-innovation for the digitization of a process that complements the production line at the São Caetano do Sul facility, as an initial step.
FESTO Challenge - Connectivity and Energy Efficiency in Industry
Digital transformation using low-cost IoT devices, connectivity, and data science, and the creation of a platform to support increased energy efficiency in industry.
Route 2030 - Call 01.2022 - Line IV
Demonstration projects for molds used in the vulcanization of radial truck tires.
Grand Plaza Challenge - Digital, hyper-convenient, and personalized retail
Digital Retail: Hyper-partnered and personalized.
COFIP ABC Challenge - Smart and More Sustainable Chemical Processes
Smarter and more sustainable chemical processes.
Rota Challenge - Competitive Tooling Companies
First round of open innovation challenges related to the digital transformation of the tooling industry. The RotaChallenge brings together stakeholders from across Brazil. The challenge aims to boost competitiveness and optimize production processes to strengthen the tooling industry. The RotaChallenge is part of Line IV—More Competitive Brazilian Tooling Companies—of the Rota 2030 program.
Mercedes-Benz Challenge - Li-S Batteries
Development of expertise and new technologies for high-power batteries.
Meet the participants in the Santo André Technology Park’s Open Innovation Program
Interest in Open Innovation
If your company, institution, or organization is facing a technological challenge, please fill out the form and wait for a response from our team.
Please contact our Open Innovation team
Please fill out the expression of interest form to implement an open innovation program at your company.
Our innovation analysts will contact you within 2 business days.